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28.11.2022 - 16:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A premature Scots baby who defied odds after being given just one day to live has switched on the Christmas lights at the hospital where he spent the last year. Hector Tully was born at just 23 weeks on November 12 2021, weighing less than a bag of sugar at 655 grams.
His parents Marie Clare Tully, 41, and Angus Tully, 41, were told to prepare their goodbyes to their son, with doctors not expecting him to survive more than two days. But despite his health conditions, little Hector continued to fight, with his family now looking forward to celebrating his first Christmas at home.
At the weekend, the now one-year-old turned on the Christmas lights at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, where he spent 259 nights and underwent 15 operations. Marie, from Edinburgh, said: "When Hector was born, we were told he would only be with us for a day or two and that we should prepare to say our goodbyes.
"For the first two months of his life, we were just focusing on getting to breakfast, then lunch, then dinner - praying he would survive. He spent 161 days in the Simpsons Neonatal Unit, then 98 days at the RHCYP, during which time he had 15 operations.
"We were able to take him home in April, but he has had multiple admissions, including a lengthy stay in hospital from June to September. Although we were able to take him home in September, we've had at least 25 A&E visits since then."
"There have been lots of ups and downs and he has spent more time in hospital than he has at home."
Marie, who is the chief executive of charity Columba 1400, and dad Angus, director of music at Fettes College said it was still 'touch and go' with Hector this time last year. But this Christmas, the parents will get to wake up
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